"for this episode, Los Angeles-area stations aired this episode first, instead of """" (the actual premiere episode elsewhere) because of favoritism allegations lodged by political opponents of George Takei, who was running for public office at the time. Instead of having to offer ""equal time"" to Takei's challengers, NBC stations in the L.A. area decided to air ""Yesteryear"" first, since it did not have any scenes with Hikaru Sulu (Takei's character) in it. Yesteryear (Star Trek: The Animated Series) ""Yesteryear"" is the second episode of the first season of the animated American science fiction television series """". It first aired"
"alongside John Wayne's character, took him away from ""Star Trek"" filming and he only appeared in half the episodes of that season. Walter Koenig as Pavel Chekov substituted for him in the other episodes. When Takei returned, the two men had to share a dressing room and a single episode script. Takei admitted in an interview that he initially felt threatened by Koenig's presence, but later grew to be friends with him as the image of the officers sharing the ship's helm panel side-by-side became iconic. Takei has since appeared in numerous TV and film productions, reprising his role as"
"first season in 1966. He also appeared in two Jerry Lewis comedies, ""The Big Mouth"" and ""Which Way to the Front?"" In 1969 Takei narrated the documentary ""The Japanese Sword as the Soul of the Samurai"". In 1965, producer Gene Roddenberry cast Takei as astrosciences physicist Sulu in the second pilot for . When the series was accepted by NBC, Takei continued in the role of Sulu, who was now the ship's helmsman. It was intended that Sulu's role be expanded in the second season, but Takei's role in ""The Green Berets"" as Captain Nim, a South Vietnamese Army officer"
"In the absence of George Takei, John Winston was granted more than usual screen time with Lt. Kyle occupying the helmsman's seat instead of his usual assignment as Transporter officer. The Immunity Syndrome (Star Trek: The Original Series) ""The Immunity Syndrome"" is the eighteenth episode of the of the American science fiction television series """", first broadcast on January 19, 1968, and repeated June 7, 1968. It is episode #47, production #48, written by Robert Sabaroff and directed by Joseph Pevney. In the episode, the crew of the ""Enterprise"" encounters an energy-draining space-dwelling organism. The Federation starship USS ""Enterprise"" is"
"an engineer ought to be Scottish) and George Takei was cast as Ship's Physicist Sulu, who would become the helmsman in the regular series. Lieutenant Uhura and Dr. Leonard McCoy do not feature; the ship's doctor is instead Mark Piper (Paul Fix), who lost the role to DeForest Kelley. Gary Lockwood, as Lt. Commander Gary Mitchell, had starred in the title role of Roddenberry's earlier series on NBC, ""The Lieutenant""; Sally Kellerman was cast as Dr. Elizabeth Dehner. Both actors needed silver eyes, which were produced by an expert contact lens fabricator who sandwiched wrinkled tinfoil between two sclera contact"
"or """"TOS"""" debuted in the United States on NBC on September 8, 1966. The show tells the tale of the crew of the starship ""Enterprise"" and its five-year mission ""to boldly go where no man has gone before."" The original 1966–69 television series featured William Shatner as Captain James T. Kirk, Leonard Nimoy as Spock, DeForest Kelley as Dr. Leonard ""Bones"" McCoy, James Doohan as Montgomery ""Scotty"" Scott, Nichelle Nichols as Uhura, George Takei as Hikaru Sulu, and Walter Koenig as Pavel Chekov. During the series' original run, it earned several nominations for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation"
"them to tell me what she [Spock] was like."" It was intended that Sulu's role be expanded in the second season, but owing to Takei's part in John Wayne's ""The Green Berets"", he appeared in only half the season, his role being filled by Walter Koenig as the relatively young, mop-topped Russian navigator Ensign Pavel Chekov. When Takei returned, the two had to share a dressing room and a single episode script. The two appeared together at the ""Enterprise"" helm for the remainder of the series. There may be some truth to the unofficial story that the Soviet Union's newspaper"
"and Hikaru Sulu (George Takei) as helm officer; cadets are at other positions. After the distress call is received, Saavik orders Sulu to plot an intercept course with the imperiled ship. Sulu warns Saavik against violating the Neutral Zone but she overrules him. Contact with the ""Kobayashi Maru"" is lost, and three Klingon battle cruisers appear on an intercept course. Outgunned and in violation of the Federation–Klingon treaty, Saavik orders a retreat, but the Klingon ships quickly overtake and cripple the ""Enterprise"". Further attacks kill Sulu, Uhura, McCoy, and Spock. Mr. Scott reports that the ""Enterprise"" is dead in space."
"Koenig, who had been told that Chekov would be a recurring role. When the early Season 2 episodes of ""Star Trek"" were shot, George Takei was delayed while completing the movie ""The Green Berets"", so Chekov is joined at the ""Enterprise"" helm by a different character. When Takei returned, the two had to share a dressing room and a single episode script. This reportedly angered Takei to the point where he nearly left the show, but the two actors have since become good friends, to the point that Koenig was the best man at Takei's wedding in 2008. The Chekov"
"Chal. Registry: USS ""Enterprise"" (NCC-1701-B) Class: ""Excelsior""-class refit Service: 2293–2329 (36 years) Captains: John Harriman (Alan Ruck) Launched at the start of ""Star Trek Generations"" (1994). James T. Kirk is declared missing, presumed killed, after the ship encounters the Nexus energy ribbon on its maiden voyage. Non-canon information concerning this ship includes ""Star Trek"" novels listing Demora Sulu (Jacqueline Kim) succeeding Harriman as captain; also, William George, Demora Sulu, and Thomas Johnson, Jr. are listed as the official captains in various licensed guides such as the ""Haynes Enterprise Manual"". Three ships named ""Enterprise"" are featured in """" and four ""TNG""-era"
"captain of the ""USS Excelsior"" in the original film series. In the third film, ""Star Trek Beyond"", Sulu is portrayed as a gay man with a husband and daughter. Writer Simon Pegg and director Justin Lin made the decision as a nod to original actor George Takei, who had become a prominent LGBT rights activist since portraying the character in the original series. Takei disliked the idea, and attempted to persuade the filmmakers to create a new gay character rather than revealing Sulu as closeted, saying, ""Unfortunately, it's a twisting of Gene's creation, to which he put in so much"
"before reporting disputes with McGavin and being replaced by Noah Beery, Jr., who played Bill Blake. Dick Wessel, as chief stoker Carney Kohler, was cast in forty one episodes, Jack Lambert was cast in twenty three episodes as first mate Joshua MacGregor (having played a different character, Tony Walchek, earlier in the series), John Mitchum co-starred in ten episodes as Pickalong, the ship's cook, Michael McGreevey was cast in seventeen episodes as cabin boy Chip Kessler and William D. Gordon played first mate Joe Travis in thirteen episodes before his character's death. The series featured a large array of leading"
"""Trek"" storylines. The character Hiro Nakamura on NBC's ""Heroes"" likes to describe his ability to teleport as ""like ""Star Trek"""", and has often performed Mr. Spock's Vulcan salute. His father is played by original ""Star Trek"" cast member George Takei (Sulu). Additionally, Nichelle Nichols, who portrayed Uhura on ""The Original Series"" also appears on the series. Over a dozen actors from various ""Star Trek"" series have made guest appearances on one or the other of the ""Stargate"" series. In those series, Colonel Jack O'Neill makes unsuccessful pitches to name new space vessels after the ""Enterprise"", and also gives the Vulcan"
"crew celebrates Kirk's birthday, they watch the construction of their new ship, the USS ""Enterprise""-A—and when the ship is completed, they resume their mission. Jeff Bezos appears as an alien Starfleet crew member. Leonard Nimoy appears in two photo cameos as Spock Prime – individually, and alongside George Takei, Walter Koenig, William Shatner, James Doohan, DeForest Kelley, and Nichelle Nichols as the Prime versions of Sulu, Chekov, Kirk, Scott, McCoy, and Uhura, respectively. Abrams returned only as a producer so he could focus on directing """". Writer-producer Roberto Orci was announced as director in May 2014. He would have been"
"an instrumental role in the founding of several proto-Federation alliances. ""Enterprise"" had significant engagements with the Klingons, Suliban, Xindi and the Romulans and playing a central role in the ""Temporal Cold War."" It is also featured as a model in ""Star Trek Into Darkness"". Three ships named USS ""Enterprise"" are featured in the original """" television series and the through seventh ""Star Trek"" films. Registry: Class: ""Constitution"" Service: 2245–2285 (40 years) Captains: Robert April (James Doohan), Christopher Pike (Jeffrey Hunter, Sean Kenney), James T. Kirk (William Shatner), Willard Decker (Stephen Collins) The Federation's first ""Enterprise"" is the main setting of"
"former captain of the ""Enterprise"", Christopher Pike (Sean Kenney), under whom Spock had served. Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and Spock meet the starbase commander, Commodore Mendez (Malachi Throne). Mendez doubts that Pike had sent the message, given that Pike was in a severe burn accident and is confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life, unable to communicate save through answering yes/no questions with the aid of a device operated by his brainwaves. Pike refuses to communicate with anyone except Spock, and Kirk and Mendez leave to discuss the situation. Once they are gone, Spock informs Pike he"
"Starship Enterprise Enterprise or USS ""Enterprise (often referred to as the ""Starship ""Enterprise"") is the name of several fictional spacecraft, some of which are the main craft and setting for various television series and films in the ""Star Trek"" science fiction franchise. The most notable were Captain James T. Kirk's from the , and Captain Jean-Luc Picard's from """". Two spacecraft with the name ""Enterprise"" predate the United Federation of Planets in ""Star Trek""s fictional timeline. Registry: USS ""Enterprise"" (XCV 330) Class: ""Declaration"" Service: circa 2130s Captain: Unknown This USS ""Enterprise"" (XCV 330) appears in """" (1979) among a series"
"Geordi La Forge Lieutenant Commander Geordi La Forge is a fictional character who appeared in all seven seasons of the American science fiction television series """" and its four feature films. Portrayed by LeVar Burton, he served as helmsman of the USS ""Enterprise""-D in the , then occupied the role of the chief engineer for the rest of the series and in the films. La Forge has been blind since birth and uses technological devices that allow him to see – a VISOR in the series and the first film, replaced by ocular prosthetic implants in the last three films."
"the ""Voyager"" episode """", events from the film ""Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country"" play a pivotal role, and are re-enacted with the same actors thus allowing George Takei to reprise his role as Hikaru Sulu. The episode contains the added revelation that the ""U.S.S. Voyager""s Tuvok was on Sulu's ship ""Excelsior"" at the time. Critic Lincoln Geraghty cites this as an example of ""Star Trek""s ongoing propensity for reverential recognition of earlier versions of the series. A few occasional recurring characters introduced in one series continued into other series, sometimes attaining more significant roles in their subsequent ""Trek"" series"
"a high flying young officer in the first two series, Bryan Marshall portrayed Commander Alan Glenn, a former Fleet Air Arm fighter pilot in the third series, and Derek Godfrey portrayed Captain Edward Holt, a former nuclear submariner, in the fourth and final series. The similarly contrasting First Lieutenants of HMS ""Hero"" were David Savile as Lieutenant Commander Derek ""Porky"" Beaumont in the first three series, and in the fourth and final series Robert Morris as Lieutenant Commander James Napier. Other regular actors in the series included Andrew Burt, James Cosmo, Norman Eshley, Graeme Eton, Don Henderson, Nigel Humphreys, Frank"
"the producers of the TV show ""Heroes"" did not want to lose another cast member for three months. Cho portrays a younger Sulu in the 2009 film, though he is actually older than Takei was when he portrayed the role in the original series; Cho was 36 while Takei was 29. Cho also portrays Sulu in the 2013 sequel ""Star Trek Into Darkness"", taking up the role of acting captain on the USS ""Enterprise"" when both Kirk and Spock were absent. At the film's climax Sulu admits to Kirk that he wouldn't mind being a captain, referencing his role as"
"James T. Kirk James Tiberius ""Jim"" Kirk is a fictional character in the ""Star Trek"" franchise. Kirk first appears in """" and has been portrayed in numerous films, books, comics, webisodes, and video games. As the captain of the starship USS ""Enterprise"", Kirk leads his crew as they explore ""new worlds, to boldly go where no man has gone before"". Often, the characters of Spock and Leonard McCoy act as his logical and emotional sounding boards, respectively. Kirk, played by William Shatner, first appears in the broadcast pilot episode, ""The Man Trap"", originally broadcast on September 8, 1966. Shatner continued"
"had with Desilu, because she liked Gene Roddenberry and believed in the project. The episode was eventually broadcast third in sequence, and it was the first episode to be shown in the United Kingdom by the BBC on July 12, 1969. ""Where No Man Has Gone Before"" was the first episode of ""Star Trek"" to feature William Shatner as Captain James Kirk, James Doohan as Chief Engineer Montgomery Scott, and George Takei as Lt. Sulu (in this episode, the ship's physicist, whose character became helmsman in subsequent episodes). The episode title is the final phrase in the opening voice-over which"
"Hikaru Sulu Hikaru Kato Sulu is a fictional character in the ""Star Trek"" media franchise. Originally known simply as ""Sulu"", he was portrayed by George Takei in the . Sulu also appears in the , the first six ""Star Trek"" movies, one episode of """", and in numerous books, comics, and video games. Sulu's first name, ""Hikaru"", appeared in a 1981 novel well over a decade after the original series had ended. John Cho assumed the role of the character in both the 2009 film ""Star Trek"" and its sequels, ""Star Trek Into Darkness"" and ""Star Trek Beyond"". Takei recalled"
"hire George Takei and Nichelle Nichols. He neglected to inform Leonard Nimoy of this and instead, in an effort to get him to sign on, told him that he was the only member of the main cast not returning. After Nimoy discovered the deception, he demanded that Takei and Nichols play Sulu and Uhura when their characters appeared on screen; Roddenberry acquiesced. He had been promised five full seasons of the new show, but ultimately, only one and a half were produced. However, the groundswell of vociferous fan support (6,000 attended the second New York ""Star Trek"" convention in 1973"
"Takei (Hikaru Sulu) was not available, this led to the idea of including Ruck's character as captain. Three actors from """", James Cawley, Jeff Quinn and Bobby Quinn Rice (Kirk, Spock and Peter Kirk), also featured. In 2305, a mysterious man (William Wellman, Jr.) appears at a run-down outpost demanding the location of Captain James T. Kirk, only to find from the terrified data clerk (Ethan Phillips) that he was presumed dead saving the ""Enterprise-B"" twelve years earlier (at the opening of ""Star Trek Generations""). Angrily declaring he ""didn't wait forty years to be cheated"", the man overloads the outpost's"
"is portrayed by actor Ben Esler. Chuck Tatum Charles William ""Chuck"" Tatum (July 23, 1926 – June 22, 2014) was an American World War II veteran, bronze star recipient, race car driver and builder. On February 19, 1945, he was among the first wave of Marines to land on the Japanese island stronghold of Iwo Jima. Tatum's war memoir, ""Red Blood, Black Sand"", was one of five books used as source material for the Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks produced HBO miniseries ""The Pacific"". Tatum is portrayed in the series by actor Ben Esler. Tatum enlisted in the U.S. Marine"
"Sean Pertwee Sean Pertwee (born 4 June 1964) is an English actor and voice actor. Pertwee attended Teddington School and Sunbury College. Pertwee has played Captain Fitzpatrick in the play ""Tom Jones"", Sergeant Wells in ""Dog Soldiers"", Pilot Smith in ""Event Horizon"", Inspector Lestrade in CBS's ""Elementary"" and Alfred Pennyworth in Fox's ""Gotham"". He is also the narrator of """" and ""Wild Canada"". Pertwee was born in Hammersmith, London, the son of English actor Jon Pertwee (known for his roles in ""The Navy Lark"", the television series ""Doctor Who"" and ""Worzel Gummidge""), and his German second wife Ingeborg Rhoesa. He"
"role and Takei closed out the show's final months. Takei subsequently appeared alongside such actors as Frank Sinatra in ""Never So Few"" (uncredited), Richard Burton in ""Ice Palace"", Jeffrey Hunter in ""Hell to Eternity"", Alec Guinness in ""A Majority of One"", James Caan in ""Red Line 7000"" and Cary Grant in ""Walk, Don't Run"". He featured in a lead role in ""The Encounter"", a 1964 episode of ""The Twilight Zone"" in which he played the guilt-ridden son of a traitor who signaled Japanese pilots during the bombing of Pearl Harbor. He guest-starred in an episode of """" during that show's"
"Star Trek: Enterprise Star Trek: Enterprise, titled simply Enterprise for its first two seasons, is an American science fiction television series created by Rick Berman and Brannon Braga. It originally aired from September 26, 2001 to May 13, 2005 on UPN, spanning . The sixth series in the ""Star Trek"" franchise, it served as a prequel to """". Set in the 22nd century a hundred years before the events of ""The Original Series"", and just prior to the formation of the United Federation of Planets, the series follows the adventures of the ""Enterprise"", Earth's first starship capable of traveling at"
"USS ""Enterprise"". He later becomes the chief medical officer after Doctor Puri is killed during an attack by Nero. McCoy remains aboard to see the ""Enterprise"" defeat Nero and his crew, with Kirk becoming the commanding officer of the ship. ""The Guardian"" called Urban's portrayal of McCoy in the 2009 film an ""unqualified success"", and ""The New York Times"" called the character ""wild-eyed and funny"". Slate.com said Urban came closer than the other actors to impersonating a character's original depiction. Kelley had worked with ""Star Trek"" creator Gene Roddenberry on previous television pilots, and he was Roddenberry's first choice to"
"Sulu in """" from 1973 to 1974, and in the first six ""Star Trek"" films. Today, he is a regular on the science fiction convention circuit throughout the world. He has also acted and provided voice acting for several science fiction computer games, including ""Freelancer"" and numerous ""Star Trek"" games. In 1996, in honor of the 30th anniversary of ""Star Trek"", he reprised his role as Captain Hikaru Sulu on an episode of """", appearing as a memory of Lt. Tuvok, who served on the under Sulu, during the events of """". Takei is one of the ""Star Trek"" supporting"
"USS Enterprise (NCC-1701) USS ""Enterprise"" (NCC-1701) is a starship in the ""Star Trek"" media franchise. It is the main setting of (1966–1969) and several ""Star Trek"" films, and it has been depicted in various spinoffs, films, books, products, and fan-created media. Under the command of Captain James T. Kirk, the ""Enterprise"" carries its crew on a mission ""to explore strange, new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where no man has gone before"". Matt Jefferies designed the ""Enterprise"" for television, and its core design components — a saucer-shaped primary hull, two outset engine nacelles,"